Faucet attachment.



F. O. HILFIKER.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

APPLIO'ATION FILED JUNE 17, 1911.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

wi/tmeooeo a UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK 0. HILFIKER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO F.- O.HILFIKER 00., OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Application filed June 17, 1911.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK O. HIL- FIKER, of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Faucet Attachments; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formi a vention is toso construct the device tha when it is desired to draw directly from thefaucet instead of through the hose pipe, or other conducting member, thelatter ma be quickly and easily disconnected there om without, however,necessarily becoming detached, and the invention as a whole is adaptedto render more convenient the attachment of the ordinary bath spray to acombination or other faucet, which it is desired at times to use inanother .way. To

these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements andcombinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described,the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of thespecification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a hose connectionconstructed in accordance with, and illustrating one embodiment of myinvention; Fig. 2 is a section thereof, taken substantially on the line22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section, taken substantially on the line 33 ofFig. 1, and F' 4.

1s a section, taken substantially on the ine H of Fig. 3, but showingthe hose pipe disconnected temporarily from the source of su ply.

eferring more particularly to the drawing, the nozzle portion 1, only,of a familiar type of faucet is illustrated, the same being providedpreferably and usually with an annular groove 2 near its mouth. In thepractice of my mventlon, as shown in the present embodiment, I provide abracket plate 3 having an opening 4 to receive the nozzle 1 said openingbeing'formed with a reduced portion 5 into which the nozzle is forcedand tightly clamped by suitable means, such as a set screw 6, preferablyarranged at one end of the plate on one side of the opening 4.

Slidable laterally on the bracket plate is 0. preferably yoke-shapedhanger or carrier 7, the outer ends of the arms of which are providedwit-h lugs 8 that cooperate with the edges of the plate 3 as a guide,and with the edges of a guiding extension 9 on the plate projecting fromthe opposite side of the aperture 4 from thaton which is located the setscrew 6. A conducting. member 10 is arranged between the arms of theyoke of the carrier 7 to slide, in the present instance, verticallythereon as a guide, or at least in a direction transverse to the path ofmovement of the carrier on the bracket plate, for which purpose it ispreferably provided with lugs 11. In the present instance, thisconducting member is in the form of an elbow,

one extension of which is provided with a seat 12 preferably fitted witha soft rubber or other suitable gasket 13, while the other, 14, issuitabl formed toreceive and retain the expands end of the hose pipe 15.A set screw 16, or other suitable means, is provided to force the seat13of the elbow in the direction of the bracket plate and nozzle,

and in the present instance this set screw is threaded into the base ofthe yoke-shaped carrier 7 to engage beneath the elbow in alinement withthe seat 13. I

The bracket plate 3 may be secured to the faucet nozzle 1 in the mannerabove described, and may be maintained therepractically at all times.When it is desired to use the faucet in its ordinary capacity, thecarrier 7 is moved out on the extension 9 of the bracket, as shown inFig. 4, lugs 17 being provided on the latter to prevent it from becomingdetached, in which position the conducting member or elbow 10 is offsetfrom thefaucet as is the carrier, hose pipe and in fact. all theunderhung and movable parts, so that the discharge from the nozzle isnot intercepted by them or interfered with in any manner. In thisposition of the parts, the free end of the bath spray, when such 1sbeing used, carrying the hose or head may be hung up as usual, and hereit will be noticed that the structure is such that nearly all thecontents of the hose pipe is allowed to drain off. .To subsequentlyconnect up the hose to receive the discharge from the faucet, it is onlynecessary to slide the carrier 7 over until halted by lugs or otherabutments 18 on the bracket 3, at which point the seat 12 of theconductor or elbow 10 is brought beneath and into alinement with thefaucet nozzle. Then by tightening the set screw 16, that engages beneaththe elbow, the latter is moved on the carrier until its seat firmlyengages the mouth 19 of the nozzle as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and thespray is ready for use.

A device constructed in accordance with my invention possesses few partsnearly all of which may be readily cast and easily assembled, while itwill be noted that one ty e of set screw may be made to performit efunctions of both the elements 6 and 16. The depending yoke-shapedhanger 7 and the means for moving the elbow 10 along the same intoengagement with the faucet possesses great strength, and cannot well bemisused, while the great advantage of having the parts held together atall times with either use of the faucet, in contradistinction to adevice in which separate parts have to be detached and subsequentlapplied with the chance of being misplaced between times, will bereadily appreciated.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a hose connection for faucets, the combination with a bracketembodying a rigid guide and means for securing it to the faucet in afixed position thereon, of a conducting member supported by the bracketand having a rectilinear movement on the guide relatively to the faucetinto and out of alinement with the mouth of the latter, and means forpreventing disengagement of the conductlng member from its guide whenout of alinement with the aucet.

2. In a hose connection for faucets, the combination with a bracket andmeans for securing it to the faucet in a fixed position thereon, of aconducting member supported by the bracket and having a seat, saidmember being laterally adjustable on the bracket to bring its seat intoand out of alinement with the mouth of the faucet and movable on thebracket with the contacting member, means independent of the su portingconnection of the conducting mem er for clamping said seat against themouth of, the faucet.

3. In a hose connection for faucets, the combination with a bracket andmeans for securing it in fixed position to the faucet, of a carrierguided on the bracket, a conduct-.

ing member guided on the carrier and having a seat, said member beingmovable laterally with the carrier to bring its seat into and out ofregister with the mouth of the faucet, and means for moving theconducting member on the carrier to en age the seat thereof with. themouth of the faucet.

4. In a hose connection for faucets, the

combination with a bracket having an opening therein adapted to receivethe mouth of the faucet and means for rigidly securing it on the latter,of a yoke-shaped carrier guided on the bracket, an elbow within the yokeprovided with a seat and movable laterally with the carrier to brin theseat into and out of register with the aucet o ening of the bracket, andalso movable on t e carrier in a direction transverse to the path ofmovement of the latter on the bracket, and means on the carrier formoving the elbow seat laterally thereof toward said opening.

5. In a hose connection for faucets, the combination with a brackethaving an 0 enin therein adapted to receive the mout of a aucet andmeans for rigidly securing it on the latter, of a yoke-shaped carrierdepending from and guided on the bracket, an elbow movable within theyoke provided with guiding lugs cooperating with the arms of the latterand with a seat, said elbow being movable laterally with the carrier tobring the seat into and out of register with the aucet opening of thebracket and also movable on the carrier in a direction transverse to thepath of movement of the latter on the bracket and a set screw threadedin the carrier and engagin beneath the elbow for movin the latter reatively to the carrier and orcing its seat toward the said opening.

6. In a hose connection for faucets, the combination with a bracket lateprovided with an o ening to receive tiie mouth of a faucet, o ayoke-shaped carrier depending therefrom and fprovided with lugs engagingthe edges 0 the plate by means of which it is guided on the latter in adirection'laterally of the faucet mouth, an elbow arranged within theyoke of the carrier and rovi ed with lugs cooperating with the atter toguide it 1n its movements toward and from the opening in the bracketplate, said elbow being provided with a seat for cooperation with thefaucet mouth and being movable with the carrier on the bracket to bringsuch seat into and out of register with the aucet mouth, and a set screwthreaded into the base of the yoke and engaging beneath the elbow toforce the seat thereon into engagement with the faucet mouth.

7. In a hose connection for faucets, the combination with a bracketplate having an opening therein to receive a faucet, said opening beingformed with a restricted portion, of a set screw threaded into the plateextension guide into and out of alinement on one side of the opening toforce the faucet with the mouth of the faucet. end into the restrictedportion of the latter,

the plate being provided with a guiding ex- FREDERICK HILFIKER' 5tension on the opposite side of the opening, Witnesses:

and a conducting member supported by the RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH,

bracket plate and movable thereon on the H. E. STONEBRAKER.

